mystic place- khultabad

Recently , i visited khultabad , small town 27 km from aurangabad ..



my purpose was to visit dargah of great saint Muntajib al-Din popularly known as zar zari baksh and also to visit great chisti hazrat Zainuddin shirazi spiritual teahcer of Aurangzeb.

The saint Muntajib al-Din came khultabad in fourteen century at the request of his teacher nizamuddin auliya of delhi.

surprisingly i found that Khutabad is place where many important personalities have been buried who had played pivotal role in deccan history















typical urs poster at zar zari baksh





aurangzeb's open tomb





















dargah of zainuddin shirazi mentor of aurangzeb


Not only great and last strong mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb.
tomb of malik amber who founded city of Aurangabad.

you can find tomb of Asaf jahi the founder of nizam shahi kingdom hyderbad

also his second son Nasir jah is burried here.

therez tomb of Tana shah last sultan of qutub shahi,
also you can find tomb of nizam shah king of ahmednagar...

Irony is that tombs of first king of nizam shahi of golconda and last sultan of qutub shahi are here. i dont know why so many people chose khultabad as their final place of rest...

one of the reasons may be 1500 saints of chisti order lived and buried here. this was major learning center of sufism.this is aslo called valley of saints . great saint khaja bande nawaz of gulbarga studied here

if you want to visit this place give atleast 2 days .

urdu-language of revolutionaries

urdu was language of revolutionaries...
"Maulvi Mohammad Baaqar, editor, Dehli Urdu Akhbar, who was shot dead on September 16, 1857. So, Baaqar was the first Indian journalist to sacrifice his life for the nation.."
i dint know till recently...our history books in school doesnt tell this..
i only know Gandhiji, Bhagat Singh ,Tilak, Nehru..Also if it says about 1857 ..
we know Tatya Tope, laxmibai.
The British government was af raid of the rebellions Urdu newspapers had the potential to produce. And so the barbarism continued, claiming Maulvi Mohammad Baaqar, editor, Dehli Urdu Akhbar, who was shot dead on September 16, 1857. So, Baaqar was the first Indian journalist to sacrifice his life for the nation.

Mr Masoom Moradabadi editor of JADID KHABAR and KABHARDAR laments that we dont even acknowledge such freedom fighters and role of urdu in freedom struggle.
he has written a book Urdu Sahafat aur Jang-e-Azaadi 1857. it took year to him to write this.
it was released by Vice President Mr Hamid Ansari recently at his residence.

The author pointed out, “One interesting thing I found during my research and have included in the book, is the fatwa signed by 35 ulemas of the time which encouraged people to fight against the system saying ‘jihad (struggle) against the British empire is a part of our imaan (faith)’. There were so many who sacrificed their lives and many who risked their life and property by starting newspapers and other anti-government publications, numbering more than 35, (prominent names listed include Dehli Urdu Akhbar, Sadiqul Akhbar, Payaame Azadi, Tilism, Risala Bhaghawate Hind, Sehar Samri ) that were oppressed under the Gagging Act and left to only 12 by the end of the year 1857.”

i think our history books should also focus on this part, as mulsims, urdu language is seen by people in other perspctive..